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The Center For Digital Storytelling

The Center for Digital Storytelling in Berkeley, California developed the Seven Elements of Digital Storytelling as guidelines for creating digital stories, including having a point of view, dramatic question, emotional content, use of voice, soundtrack, economy, and pacing. The University of Houston later modified these elements by adding criteria like overall purpose, narrator's point of view, choice of content, voice clarity, pacing of narrative, use of soundtrack, quality of multimedia, economy of detail, and grammar.

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The Center For Digital Storytelling

The Center for Digital Storytelling in Berkeley, California developed the Seven Elements of Digital Storytelling as guidelines for creating digital stories, including having a point of view, dramatic question, emotional content, use of voice, soundtrack, economy, and pacing. The University of Houston later modified these elements by adding criteria like overall purpose, narrator's point of view, choice of content, voice clarity, pacing of narrative, use of soundtrack, quality of multimedia, economy of detail, and grammar.

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The Center for Digital Storytelling (CDS) in Berkeley, California is known for developing and

disseminating the Seven Elements of Digital Storytelling, which are often cited as a useful starting
point as you begin working with digital stories.
CDS' Seven Elements of Digital Storytelling

1. Point of View

What is the main point of the story and what is the perspective of the
author?

2. A Dramatic Question

A key question that keeps the viewer's attention and will be answered
by the end of the story.

3. Emotional Content

Serious issues that come alive in a personal and powerful way and
connects the story to the audience.

4. The Gift of Your Voice

A way to personalize the story to help the audience understand the


context.

5. The Power of the


Soundtrack

Music or other sounds that support and embellish the storyline.

6. Economy

Using just enough content to tell the story without overloading the
viewer.

7. Pacing

The rhythm of the story and how slowly or quickly it progresses.

The specific requirements of an educational digital story vary a little from the original Seven Elements
for Digital Stories. Working with the Seven Elements that CDS developed, we added a few new items
to make them more applicable to the types of digital storytelling our students create at the University
of Houston. The modified elements are shown below.
1. The Overall Purpose of the Story

6. Pacing of the Narrative

2. The Narrators Point of View

7. Use of a Meaningful Audio Soundtrack

3. A Dramatic Question or Questions

8. Quality of the Images, Video & other Multimedia


Elements

4. The Choice of Content

9. Economy of the Story Detail

5. Clarity of Voice

10. Good Grammar and Language Usage

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